RESUMEN
The objective of the study was to investigate the effect of authoritarianism of fathers on the Temperament patterning of their children. The population was confined to only middle born children in families having not more than three alive children. The final sample included a total of 80 subjects consisting of 30 children of "authoritarian" and 50 of "non-authoritarian" fathers. The selection was made on the basis of information gathered through a questionnaire. The Thorndike Dimensions of Temperament [TDOT] was used to obtain the Temperament Profiles of authoritarian and non-authoritarian groups. Means were computed and t-test was applied to check the significance of difference between Temperament Patterning of middle born children of "authoritarian" and "non-authoritarian" Fathers. Out of ten dimensions of temperament, three i.e. "Sociability", "Acceptance" and "Responsibility" were of found to be directly related with authoritarianism of fathers, whereas the remaining seven dimensions did not show any significant relationship with authoritarianism of fathers